Users will soon have a fresh option that enables them to lessen the volume of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the platform announced that it presently contains over 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This shift coincides with a increase in AI-generated material, spurred by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this material is considered low-quality AI content, a term for substandard, bulk-generated content that is typically illogical or surreal.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers appreciate content made with AI tools, including digital art to educational videos, and we aim to provide users the power to see more or less of that, depending on their own preferences,” stated a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network tagged as made with AI. Collectively, over 100 million media items are uploaded to the platform every day, making AI content a limited portion of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be able to decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they view by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the application and choosing AI-made media. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the filter include news, clothing, aesthetics, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s guidelines require users to tag convincing artificially created content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be taken down under its community policies.
Additionally, the app will now attach an artificially created watermark to content produced via its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This action is designed to stop users from attempting to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is additionally launching a $2 million AI literacy fund for professionals and organizations to produce learning resources about ethical AI use. This project will assist non-profit groups specializing in training computer science.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has supported its safety measures, during discussion over plans to lay off a large number of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is planning to cut a significant number of roles in its trust and safety department in the UK capital, with labor groups and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A company official stated that people-led review would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by removing the most graphic content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. The platform stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by safety staff over the past year due to reliance on its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us work at speed.”
